 | Robert X. Cringely | ... | Himself (host / interviewer) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: |
 | Douglas Adams | ... | Himself (author) |
 | Sam Albert | ... | Himself (former IBM executive) |

| Paul G. Allen | ... | Himself (co-founder, Microsoft) |
 | Bill Atkinson | ... | Himself (designer, Macintosh Development Team) |
 | Steve Ballmer | ... | Himself (vice-president, Microsoft) |
 | Dan Bricklin | ... | Himself (VisiCalc inventor) |
 | David Bunnell | ... | Himself (founder, PC World and Macworld magazines) |
 | Rod Canion | ... | Himself (co-founder, Compaq) |
 | Jim Cannavino | ... | Himself (former head, PC division, IBM) |
 | Christine Comaford | ... | Herself (CEO, Corporate Computing International) |
 | Eddy Curry | ... | Himself |
 | Esther Dyson | ... | Herself (computer industry analyst) |

| Larry Ellison | ... | Himself (founder and president, Oracle) |
 | Chris Espinosa | ... | Himself (manager, Media Tools, Apple) |
 | Gordon Eubanks | ... | Himself (former head of language research, Digital Research) |
 | Lee Felsenstein | ... | Himself |
 | Bob Frankston | ... | Himself (VisiCalc programmer) |

| Bill Gates | ... | Himself (co-founder, Microsoft) |
 | Adele Goldberg | ... | Herself (former Xerox PARC researcher; founder, PARC Place Systems) |
 | Marv Goldschmitt | ... | Himself |
 | Andy Hertzfeld | ... | Himself (designer, Macintosh Development Team) |

| Steve Jobs | ... | Himself (co-founder, Apple Computer) |
 | Gary Kildall | ... | Himself (founder, Digital Research) |
 | Joe Krause | ... | Himself (president, Architext Software) |
 | Bill Lowe | ... | Himself (Head, IBM PC Development Team 1980) |
 | Roger Melen | ... | Himself |
 | Bob Metcalfe | ... | Himself (former Xerox PARC researcher; founder, 3Com) |
 | Gordon Moore | ... | Himself (co-founder, Intel) |
 | Dana Muise | ... | Himself (founder, Hypnovista) |
 | Doug Muise | ... | Himself (software designer) |
 | Bill Murto | ... | Himself (co-founder, Compaq) |
 | Tim Patterson | ... | Himself (programmer) |
 | Vern Raburn | ... | Himself (former vice-president, Microsoft; president, The Paul Allen Group) |
 | Jeff Raikes | ... | Himself (vice-president, Microsoft) |
 | Jean Richardson | ... | Herself (former VP, corporate communications, Microsoft) |
 | Ed Roberts | ... | Himself (founder, MITS) |
 | Arthur Rock | ... | Himself (venture capitalist) |
 | Jack Sams | ... | Himself (former IBM executive) |
 | John Sculley | ... | Himself (president, Apple Computer, 1983-1993) |
 | Rich Seidner | ... | Himself (former IBM programmer) |
 | Charles Simonyi | ... | Himself (chief programmer, Microsoft) |
 | Sparky Sparks | ... | Himself (former IBM executive) |
 | Claude Stern | ... | Himself (Silicon Valley attorney) |
 | Bob Taylor | ... | Himself (former head of computer science lab, Xerox PARC) |

| Larry Tesler | ... | Himself (former Xerox PARC researcher; chief scientist, Apple Computer) |
 | Mark Van Haren | ... | Himself (programmer, Architext Software) |
 | John E. Warnock | ... | Himself (as John Warnock) |
 | Jim Warren | ... | Himself (founder, West Coast Computer Faire 1978) |

| Steve Wozniak | ... | Himself (co-founder, Apple Computer) |